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The Relationships Among Maternal Meta-emotion Philosophy, Maternal Video-Mediated Cognitions, and Adolescent Behavior Adjustment in Taiwan

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This study examines the relationships among maternal meta-emotion philosophy, maternal video-mediated cognitions, and adolescent behavior adjustment. We adopt video-mediated recall methods to obtain mothers’ perceptions of their interaction with their children. In total, 121 pairs of mothers (age, M = 42.55) and their adolescent children (age, M = 12.34) were videotaped for 10 min while discussing daily issues. The mothers reviewed the tape (30 episodes) and rated their own behaviors and the counterparts' behaviors on 8 cognitive or affective dimensions. The mothers also completed a parental meta-emotion philosophy inventory, and the adolescents completed the Youth Self-Report. The results indicate that maternal emotional dysfunction has a positive effect on adolescents’ externalizing problem behaviors through mothers’ perceptions of conflictual interaction. These findings highlight the importance of considering maternal meta-emotion philosophy in the mother-adolescent interaction process and understanding adolescent problem behaviors.

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The authors would like to thank the National Science Council of the Republic of China for financially supporting this research under Contract No. NSC 103 – 2410 – H – 009 – 034-MY2.

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    Yih-Lan Liu

  3. Institute of Education, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Chao-Sheng Kuo

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Chang, HT., Liu, YL. & Kuo, CS. The Relationships Among Maternal Meta-emotion Philosophy, Maternal Video-Mediated Cognitions, and Adolescent Behavior Adjustment in Taiwan. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 54, 711–721 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01283-7

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